The Japan Economic Foundation (JEF, 国際経済交流財団 ''Kokusai Keizai Kōryū Zaidan'') is an organization which describes itself as promoting economic and technological exchanges between Japan and other countries.Our Profile

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. Japan Economic Foundation. Retrieved on January 20, 2014. Its head office is on the 11th floor of the

Jiji Press is a news agency in Japan. History Jiji was formed in November 1945 following the breakup of Domei Tsushin, the government-controlled news service responsible for disseminating information prior to and during World War II. Jiji inherited Dom ...

Building (時事通信ビル ''Jiji Tsūshin Biru'') in

Ginza Ginza ( ; ) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area of Tokyo ...

, Chuo,

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. Previously its head office was on the 11th floor in the Fukoku Seimei Building ( 富国生命ビル ''Fukoku Seimei Biru'') in Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda,

. It was established in 1981. The

Ministry of International Trade and Industry The was a Ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Japan from 1949 to 2001. The MITI was one of the most powerful government agencies in Japan and, at the height of its influence, effectively ran much of Japanese industri ...

(MITI) established the agency as a way of reducing the size of its budget since it anticipated a reduction in its subsidies.Hollerman, Leon. ''Japan, Disincorporated: The Economic Liberalization Process'' (Issue 363 of Publication Series).

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"Anticipating a cut in the size of its subsidy budget, MITI in 1982 inaugurated two new councils that would effectively offset the reductions and leave its total budget intact. The first of these was the ''Kokusai Keizai Kōryu Zaidan'' (Japan Economic Foundation); the second was ''Bōeki Sangyō Kyōryoku Zaidan'' (Japan Trade and Industry Cooperation Foundation)." Malcolm Trevor, author of ''Japan - Restless Competitor: The Pursuit of Economic Nationalism'', wrote that because leadership roster included Shoichi Akazawa ( 赤澤璋一 ''Akazawa Shōichi''), Naohiro Amaya, and Minoru Masuda ( 益田実 ''Masuda Minoru''), its publications would be ''de facto'' government publications even if they are not presented as such.Trevor, Malcolm. ''Japan - Restless Competitor: The Pursuit of Economic Nationalism''.

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Japan Spotlight The ''Japan Spotlight'' () is a bimonthly publication by the Japan Economic Foundation (JEF). It was formerly called the ''Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry'' (JTI). History and profile The publication was established in 1982. It was originall ...

'' (formerly ''Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry'')

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